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The Fringillidae is not a traditional category in Thai bird naming. นกจาบปีกอ่อนnók càap-pìik-òaan'soft-winged-weaverbird (bird)' is used in Thai as the equivalent both to English 'finch' (Fringillidae) and to English 'bunting' (Emberizidae). In Thai these kinds of birds were not traditionally distinguished from each other, and they were considered kinds of จาบcàap'weaverbird' (Ploceidae). An expanded discussion of the old general name จาบcàap'weaverbird' can be found at the Ploceidae.

The Thai ornithological naming of the Fringillidae is as follows:

1. นกจาบปีกอ่อนnók càap-pìik-òaan'soft-winged-weaverbird (bird)' forms part of all Emberizidae and Fringillidae names except for those birds called 'grosbeak' in English.

2. Grosbeaks are called นกกระติ๊ดใหญ่ nók krà-tít yày or นกกะติ๊ดใหญ่ nók kà-tít yày, 'large-munia (bird)', which are based on the general names for munias (Estrildidae).

The name Sẻ đồng 'field sparrow' is shared with the Emberizidae. In order to draw a clear distinction between the two families, Nguyen, Le & Phillipps attempt to assign the name Chim sẻ thông 'pine-sparrow (bird)' to those members of the Fringillidae that bear the name Sẻ 'sparrow', with the glaring exception of Carduelis ambigua, which due to a naming conflict with the Brambling Fringilla montifringilla takes on the name Sẻ đồng 'field sparrow' (i.e., bunting).

นกจาบปีกอ่อนnók càap-pìik-òaan 'soft-winged-weaverbird (bird)' is used in Thai as the equivalent both to English 'finch' (Fringillidae) and to English 'bunting' (Emberizidae). In Thai these kinds of birds were not traditionally distinguished from each other, and they were considered kinds of จาบcàap 'weaver' (Ploceidae).

The name アトリatori has traditionally been written: 1. as 花鶏 literally 'flower chicken/fowl', an old Chinese name for the Brambling; 2. using the character combination 猲子鳥, also presumably of Chinese origin.

The name シメshime has traditionally been written: 1. with the Japanese-created (or adapted) character 鴲, 2. the Chinese name of the bird, written 蝋嘴 'wax bill'.

A variety of Chinese characters or character combinations have traditionally been used to write the word イカルikaru: 1. the characters 桑鳲, identified as the Chinese name for the grosbeaks; 2. the Japanese-created character 鵤; 3. the Chinese characters 斑鳩 meaning 'striped pigeon'.